A panel of experts advising the National Police Agency in Japan has issued a report on so-called “JK business”, which is the name given to the various euphemistic services offering sex with schoolgirls. Similar to the more general enjo kosai (compensated dated), there has been a lot of media and police attention on the growing…

We know that rich Japanese politicians, businessmen and celebrities have a penchant for hostesses. But feminism happened, don’t you know. It’s not just the men having all the fun. According to the tabloids, there are plenty of prominent female celebrities who are addicted to male hosts, a habit which costs them dearly. Josei 7 magazine…

Like big boobs? Check. Like things being wrapped around big boobs? Check. Yes, this photo book by Yuji Susaki may have it all. Wrap the Boobs is a new photo book about Japanese girls with giant breasts (not quite bakunyu but getting there) and how wrapping their perfect jugs in things can heighten the visual…

With the releases of Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR, there’s been a lot of buzz recently about virtual reality. And now people are finally starting to work on the best side of the technology: adult entertainment. Japan’s first adult virtual reality festival will be held on June 12th at popdojo in Akihabara, Tokyo. Entry costs…

This is a growing trend: Japanese women’s past dabbling in porn unexpectedly exposed, jeopardizing their new-found careers. Already this year we have seen voice actress Emi Niita’s previous AV moonlighting come to light, while we recently blogged about a TV presenter who lost her job due to a porn appearance. It’s certainly much easier today…

Porn workers of the world, unite! Do Japan’s porn actresses and actors have labor rights? This was the question asked in a recent feature in the Japan Times. Ostensibly a report on a May 4th talk at a Koenji cafe, it was about the AV industry’s response to Human Rights Now (HRN), which had issued…

Man, I need to go back to college. When university girls look this good in sports gear, it’s tempting to enrol on a postgrad course somewhere. Take this lady from Waseda University, whose “bloomers” and butt attracted considerable attention at a Kanto intercollegiate contest recently. Haruka Nakano is a second-year student from Fukuoka. She competed…

Cute and kinky. Those two words sum up so much about the Japanese erotic. Hajime Kinoko is one of Japan’s most famous shibari (aka kinbaku) rope bondage artists. We once visited his BDSM bar in Ueno, only for it later to be raided and shut down by police. Kinoko Hajime was himself arrested, though he…

Karaoke is a way of life in Japan. You can’t expect a gathering of friends not to end sometimes with a trip to a dark karaoke box for a sing-song. We also know from experience karaoke rooms are great places to “seal the deal” on a date. But we didn’t know that you could have…

It’s good news for naturists and nudists as Japan’s first “naked restaurant” is set to open in Tokyo in July. However, it’s bad news if you’ve been to one too many restaurants yourself: overweight patrons are banned! Naturally, this being Japan, such a draconian rule need not actually exclude much of the demographic. The classically…